Birch Court, Flat 3, Boscobel Crescent, Wolverhampton, WV1 1QJ

Birch Court is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Wolverhampton (WV1 1QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on electricity. At 65 m² this is the 22nd smallest of 32 units on EPC record in Birch Court, where floor areas span 34–73 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (41 versus a best of 77).

Held since July 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £131,000 sits 227.5% above the 2003 sale of £39,995.